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Reversion to the mean is the iron rule of the financial markets.
John C. Bogle
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John C. Bogle
Age: 89 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 8
Died: 2019
Died: January 16
Economist
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Montclair Township
John Clifton Jack Bogle
Jack Bogle
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